Hook and eye.



No. 725,922. PATENTED APR. 21, 1903.

L. NPB'EDFORD. HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG; 30.1900.

N0 MODEL.

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ATENT FFI LYMAN N. BEDFORD, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOOK A'ND- EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,922, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed August 30, 1900... Serial No; 28,567. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN N. BEDFORD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Hook and Eye, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a superior, cheap, and simple hook and eye which is readily fastened and unfastened, but is secured against accidental unfastening and is not liable to catch in the hair of the wearer or in lace or other portions of the clothing.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure I is a View of the hook and eye fastened. Fig. II is a side elevation of the hook and eye unfastened. Dotted lines show the member I) in the fastened position. Fig. III is a plan of the hook and eye unfastened. Fig. 1V is an elevation from the left of Fig. I.

My newly-invented hook and eye comprises a member a, formed in two loops 1 2, the

outer portions cl (1 thereof terminating in eyelets 6 6 and the inner portions terminating in an intermediate tongue 3, all lying in a common plane, and a member I), formed in an angled loop 4 to receive said tongue 3, having its end 5 bent at an angle to the plane of the main bodies of the side members 0 c of said angled loop, a space being formed between the eyelets 6 6 of the first-named memher a beyond the point of the tongue'3 of said member to receive the bent portion 5 of the angled loop to guide it upon the'tongue 3, the space between the tongue 3 of the firstnamed member and the portion (1 of said member being less than the thickness of the side member 0 of the angled loop, which is passed between said tongue and the loop member din hooking and unhookingthe mem-f hers. The inlet in the one member for the loop 4 of the other member is contracted to resist the passage of the loop etherethrough on its way into and out of the hooked position. (Shownin Fig.1.) The members are preferably made ofspring metal, so that the loop at of the one member will pass in and out of the other member with a resilient resistance.

The contracted inlet for the loop 4 may be produced in several Ways, as will be readily understood. The drawings show the contraction at 7, where the space between the end of the tongue 3 and the outer limb of the 'loop '1 is narrower than the thickness or dito admit the loop 4 to the tongue 3 freely.

6 6 designate eyelets in the memberbcorresponding to the eyelets 6 6 in the member a.

To fasten the hook and eye, the member I) will be brought into position with the upturned portion 5 of the loop 4 between the eyelets 6 6 of the member a and with the tongue 3 ready to insert through said upturned portion. Then the members (6 and b are drawn apart, thus forcing the tongue through the loop 4 and bringing the side limbs c c of the upturned portion of said loop into the loops l and 2 of member a.

It is to be observed that each of the members a and b constitutes both a hook and eye.

I claim- I A hook and eye comprising a member forming two loops terminating ineyelets with an intermediate tongue, all lying in a common plane; and a member formed in an angled loop to receive said tongue having its end bent at an angle to the plane of the main bodies of the side members of said angled loop; a space being formed between the eyelets of the first-named member beyond the vpoint of the tongue of said member to receive the bent portion of the second member to guide'it upon the tongue, the space between the tongue of the first-named member and one of the portions of said member being less than the thickness of a side member of the angled loop.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, at LosAngeles,

JAMES R. TOWNSEND, JULIA TOWNSEND. 

